# The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018, Regulation 10: General binding rules


(1) Subject to paragraph (4), a regulated activity specified in column 1 of the relevant Chapter of Part 1 of schedule 9 is authorised under these Regulations if it is carried on in compliance with the rules (“general binding rules”) specified for that activity in column 2 of the corresponding Chapter in Part 1 of the schedule.
(2) Parts 2 and 3 of schedule 9 have effect for the purposes of the interpretation of that schedule.
(3) Where SEPA requires that a regulated activity is to be authorised by means of notification in accordance with regulation 12, the activity is not authorised unless—
(a) it is carried on in compliance with the general binding rules specified for that activity; and
(b) a notification of the type required is in effect.
(4) A regulated activity specified in Chapter 1 of Part 1 of schedule 9, is authorised under these Regulations to the extent that any substance is a radioactive substance and is not authorised to the extent that the activity would, if no account were to be taken of any radioactive substance, constitute a regulated activity.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/219/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018/regulation-10
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